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KermMartian writes "In what seems to be an accelerating arms race for graphing calculator supremacy between Texas Instruments and Casio, the underdog Casio has fired a return salvo to the recently-announced TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition. The new ClassPad fx-CP400 has a massive color touchscreen and a Matlab-esque CAS. Though not accepted on the SAT/ACT, will such a powerful device gain a strong following among engineers and professionals?"Link to Original Source

I don't think the term 'return salvo' quite justifies the announcement of the new calculator, as it implies that Casio created this calculator in response to the TI-84+ C SE. According to , Casio began working on a new calculator in 2010, far ahead of the announcement of the TI-84+ C SE.